I actually went the opposite direction.......i had a smoothie maker and a larger horsepower blender, but for a variety of reasons actually downsized. I am not embarrassed to say I have the Magic Bullet blender. Here is why: 1. Larger blenders mean larger batches, and more calories, or else wasted food. I can't drink a full blender full, nor do I want to, so I would have to pour it into a scond storage container in the fridge, then after a half day or a day it doesn't taste as good or as fresh. The Magic Bullet (MB from here on) is more portion controlled. 2. The cups can be used to rink right out of, so I can mix a batch and then drink it on the way to work in the AM or while I am out doing errands, or take it around the house. 3. On my larger blender with mega-horsepower, it was hard to get the ice chunks all down to the blades. For frozen strawberries I always had a chunk or two that did not get blended. With the MB a smaller batch usually means a better mix. Plus the MB has 2 different blades types, one for massive chopping and one for minor mixing. 4. I can keep it on a small shelf, whereas my smoothie maker and the regular glass blender are so big they get moved to the pantry and then don't get used as often. 5. The small MB cups can go right into the dishwasher. 6. When you have people over for a backyard BBQ, you don't have to wash a big blender every batch. You can easily do individual drinks, like a virgin strawberry daquiri for the kids, frozen strawberry for her, double shot tequila sour lime margy for him, etc. This comes in handy when I make a quick smoothy for my kid to help him take a medicine recently.
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